B1G Head Coaches previous head coaching experience

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I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
 



I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
Here's the issue: Of the ones who didn't have prior experience and have been successful, two took over for Hall of Fame or border-line Hall of Famers. Izzo for Judd Heathcote and Gaard for Bo Ryan. And Chris Collins coached under Coach K. Ben Johnson coached under Travis Steele and Richard Pitino.
 

I'm not fact checking you here but I do remember than Fran McCaffrey was first a head coach at Lehigh before the two programs you list. He also took all three programs previous to Iowa to the NCAA tournament.
 


I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall

Musselman coached Nevada to the Sweet 16 and Arkansas to a pair of Elite 8s and a separate Sweet 16.

Fran McCaffery also took Lehigh to an NCAA tourney.

Here's the issue: Of the ones who didn't have prior experience and have been successful, two took over for Hall of Fame or border-line Hall of Famers. Izzo for Judd Heathcote and Gaard for Bo Ryan. And Chris Collins coached under Coach K. Ben Johnson coached under Travis Steele and Richard Pitino.

There is no border line. Bo Ryan is already in the Hall of Fame and Tom Izzo certainly will be. Matt Painter almost counts as a hire from within as he played under Gene Keady, got head coaching experience and was named coach-in-waiting for a year during Keady's last season. Painter served as an assistant during that season and was head coach after that. Of course, Keady is also a Hall of Famer.
 

Musselman coached Nevada to the Sweet 16 and Arkansas to a pair of Elite 8s and a separate Sweet 16.

Fran McCaffery also took Lehigh to an NCAA tourney.



There is no border line. Bo Ryan is already in the Hall of Fame and Tom Izzo certainly will be. Matt Painter almost counts as a hire from within as he played under Gene Keady, got head coaching experience and was named coach-in-waiting for a year during Keady's last season. Painter served as an assistant during that season and was head coach after that. Of course, Keady is also a Hall of Famer.
I was going to make the same point about Painter - he only had one season as head coach at SIU before joining Keady as assistant for a year. Painter went straight from playing to coaching at some really low levels. He’s only 54 and has been head coach for 20 years now.
 


I think if anyone is trying to figure out the "secret recipe" to what guarantees a successful coaches, your going to be looking forever. Unfortunately there is no 1 thing. Sure some assistants turn into HOF coaches, most don't. Sure some who have had success other places will here. Most won't. This is at any school.

To me in 2025 I think everything revolves around money. Like it or not you need a big payroll to get 6-10 guys every single year. That means you need a coach who rallies the base and can get money moving in. Pickell has had his ups and downs at Rutgers, he somehow found the money to get 2 of the top 5 players in the country. They might not be great, but they aren't the doormat they were. I hope it's not Saunders or some of the others listed, but if it is, they better be driving the brinks truck to the presser.
 



I think if anyone is trying to figure out the "secret recipe" to what guarantees a successful coaches, your going to be looking forever. Unfortunately there is no 1 thing. Sure some assistants turn into HOF coaches, most don't. Sure some who have had success other places will here. Most won't. This is at any school.

To me in 2025 I think everything revolves around money. Like it or not you need a big payroll to get 6-10 guys every single year. That means you need a coach who rallies the base and can get money moving in. Pickell has had his ups and downs at Rutgers, he somehow found the money to get 2 of the top 5 players in the country. They might not be great, but they aren't the doormat they were. I hope it's not Saunders or some of the others listed, but if it is, they better be driving the brinks truck to the presser.
When it comes to NIL/paying players, the new arrangement with the B10 (which I don't completely understand) will put the Gophers ahead of most non-B10 schools. Brinks truck is already en route, at least theoretically.
 

When it comes to NIL/paying players, the new arrangement with the B10 (which I don't completely understand) will put the Gophers ahead of most non-B10 schools. Brinks truck is already en route, at least theoretically.
That is key, compared to revenues at a school like Creighton they should be more than capable of competing at the NIL level. The case against other Big Ten schools is going to be just as tough but keeping guys like Hawkins and Payne should be much easier.

I think they are going to be able to attract a nice candidate. Still going to be an uphill battle but not impossible.
 

When it comes to NIL/paying players, the new arrangement with the B10 (which I don't completely understand) will put the Gophers ahead of most non-B10 schools. Brinks truck is already en route, at least theoretically.
I really wish I understood that whole situation better. Can they pay anyone anything? Do they have to split it evenly? Who decides who gets what? Will they spend the max available? So many questions so few answers given.
 

You are correct. I was skimming his bio as it is quite long.

Yes, I was hoping that this program would try to find someone like him (a mature coach with a history of extensive success with multiple lower-level programs) when Pitino left. Of course, these types of coaches don't grow on trees. Easier to find a younger coach with a more limited record of success with just one program. Maybe they can get at least that kind of hire next time.
 



I was curious as to the head coaching experience the coaches in the B1G had prior to being hired in the B1G. I focused on DI jobs and got the info from their bios. I probably made a mistake or two.

Ohio State - Jake Diebler: No prior head coaching experience. Hired from within.
Purdue - Matt Painter: Southern Illinois
Michigan St - Tom Izzo: No prior college head coaching experience
Northwestern - Chris Collins: No prior head coaching experience
Nebraska - Fred Hoiberg: Chicago Bulls (NBA), Iowa St
Penn State - Mike Rhoades: VCU, Rice
Rutgers - Steve Pikiell: Stony Brook
Illinois - Brad Underwood: Oklahoma St, Stephen F. Austin
Iowa - Fran McCaffery: Sienna, UNC-Greensboro
Michigan - Dusty May: Florida Atlantic
Wisconsin - Greg Gard: No prior head coaching experience
Indiana - Mike Woodson: Atlanta Hawks and NY Knicks (both NBA)
Washington - Danny Sprinkle: Utah St., Montana St
UCLA - Mick Cronin: Cincinnati, Murray St.
USC - Eric Musselman: HC of 7 pro teams at various levels
Maryland - Kevin Willard: Seton Hall
Painter was only the HC for one year at Southern Illinois, was an assistant there for five or six years prior. Then Purdue hired him as coach in waiting in Keady last season and I believe he is now in his 20 th season as HC.
 

I really wish I understood that whole situation better. Can they pay anyone anything? Do they have to split it evenly? Who decides who gets what? Will they spend the max available? So many questions so few answers given.

if you're talking about the revenue-sharing - a final hearing to approve the 'House' settlement is scheduled for April. at that point, all of the details will supposedly be spelled out.

the cap for the 1st year is $20.5-million. each school has to decide if they are going to spend to the limit. Coyle has indicated that MN will spend the max.

the big question is whether revenue-sharing is subject to Title IX. most people who follow this stuff seem to think it will not be tied to Title IX - and that means that most of the money will likely go to football and men's basketball - but other sports like Volleyball and hockey might get a share.
 


if you're talking about the revenue-sharing - a final hearing to approve the 'House' settlement is scheduled for April. at that point, all of the details will supposedly be spelled out.

the cap for the 1st year is $20.5-million. each school has to decide if they are going to spend to the limit. Coyle has indicated that MN will spend the max.

the big question is whether revenue-sharing is subject to Title IX. most people who follow this stuff seem to think it will not be tied to Title IX - and that means that most of the money will likely go to football and men's basketball - but other sports like Volleyball and hockey might get a share.
Thought I saw something on here that indicated football was getting $12 million, men hoops $4 million, volleyball, men's hockey and women's hoops each get 1 million and the other $1.5 would be split between the rest of the department.
 


I hate that the NIL deals are so under the table. All we hear is how Minnesota doesn't have much for men's basketball but it would be nice to know how it compares to say Wisconsin, Iowa, Iowa State. I'm not sure if Rev sharing will have an effect on that but it would be nice to have a more open and transparent process.
 

Thought I saw something on here that indicated football was getting $12 million, men hoops $4 million, volleyball, men's hockey and women's hoops each get 1 million and the other $1.5 would be split between the rest of the department.
Interesting if this is close. Assuming for a second they don't have to split it evenly, be Interesting to see how each school does it. Do you spread it evenly over your revenue sports? Maybe some teams go forget these sports, we're going all in on X. Like I thinking if I was maryland or Rutgers. They are bad at football and volleyball, have been forever, but both have pretty good basketball. I would sacrifice those and just full send it on bball, at least have something elite.
 

Interesting if this is close. Assuming for a second they don't have to split it evenly, be Interesting to see how each school does it. Do you spread it evenly over your revenue sports? Maybe some teams go forget these sports, we're going all in on X. Like I thinking if I was maryland or Rutgers. They are bad at football and volleyball, have been forever, but both have pretty good basketball. I would sacrifice those and just full send it on bball, at least have something elite.
I would assume depends on the school but most would give the majority to football and men's hoops. But at a place like Michigan or Ohio State you could probably afford to give less to football because of the private booster money. So you can spread more of that 20 million around the department. Place like Indiana would probably give more to football then most because they have so many basketball boosters. An advantage we probably have in hockey with NIL we can probably use it to pay some players and give other to it's more of the scholarship money.
 

As another data point, Texas Tech has recently announced they will distribute their revenue share dollars as follows:

Football: 74%
Men's basketball: 17-18%
Women's basketball: 2%
Baseball: 1.9%
(Everyone else)
 

as has been discussed before, IF you believe it -

Justin Gaard claims "he heard" that at MN, Football will be getting 70% of the revenue-sharing pool. that would be roughly $14.4-million.

to date, I have not seen/heard any speculation on how the rest of the pool would be divided.

to be clear, I'm not a big fan of Gaard - but he is pretty tied-in at MN - sideline reporter for football, play-by-play for Women's hoops, and does all the coaches' shows. So he has a lot of potential sources - assuming they're telling him the truth.
 

Mn keeps changing coaches but the results never change, significantly! And that was before the insanity of NIL. While there are a few cases of lightening in a bottle, Dawn P. appears to be one, in essence we are Big Ten middle of the pack at the best.

The TC community for whatever reason does not back the U teams to the extent others do. Our plethora of ML sports may be an issue, as seems to be a general sort of apathy from the U,s athletics department. The whole NIL issue has thrown college sports into disarray and the U has never gotten in front of the issue, in fact have fallen behind.

Money now is the coin of the realm! Money, money money. Especially in football and men’s BB. I am no a PJ fan, but neither him nore Ben J. have a chance of competing with the "moneyed" schools in this environment. Good players make coaches look better, no matter the base level of the coach. You simply cannot lost a couple key players like BB did in the portal,and then not have the funds to replace them, and maintain a program.

While someone with a satisfactory resume may be offered enough salary to come here, they can’t be successful without the funding to lure competitive players. And then the FIRE (insert name here) will return in force. Gophers major sports have no more chance of competing against heavily funded schools than the Twins do against the Dodgers or Yankees.

The above doesn’t mean I won’t continue to watch MN sports, it just means it will be with a more rational set of expectations,
 

I know many are hopeful the revenue sharing dollars we can redistribute with the pending House settlement will help level the playing field and thus help Gopher basketball's efforts to attract and retain better players, but I am a bit more skeptical...mainly because I am not sure what NIL is going to look like in the next few years.
 




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